Secrets to selling and buying a property in Ireland in winter

Cork estate agent Johanna Murphy reveals her insider secrets and answers the top questions asked by sellers and buyers

Johanna Murphy, Johanna Murphy & Sons.

Whether you’re an exhausted seeker, unfurling yourself from the car for another determined tramp, or a vendor forced into presenting your greatest asset in the darkest, dreariest weeks of the year — winter brings specific demands and insights. However, in those colder months, where the garden might be in a state of sleepy, dank collapse, and the boiler is huffing out the euros, there’s every chance to show the place off as a protective, well-feathered family haven. It’s also a useful time for viewers to take a better look under the hood.

Estate agent Johanna Murphy has decades of experience finding forever homes and moving properties efficiently off her books for a wide variety of clients. Based in the maritime town of Cobh, Co Cork, she has a portfolio extending from the city to Kinsale.